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A Piano Valentine Variation…

By joy (admin) | Published: 3 February 2012

Susan Johannessen shared this cute variation of the Piano Valentine idea I shared on Monday on the ColorInMyPiano facebook page… Love this!! If you have photos of the valentines you’d made, please send them to me at admin[AT]colorinmypiano.com.  I would love see your creativity! Pin it

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Piano Valentine Craft (Printable & Tutorial)

By joy (admin) | Published: 30 January 2012

Today, I have a fun little printable and tutorial to share just in time for Valentine’s Day. Pin it

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Humidity and My Piano

By joy (admin) | Published: 23 January 2012

Here in Ohio, the winter snow is finally upon us!  We were spoiled with an extraordinarily mild December, and only recently have have had a few inches of snow actually staying on the ground for more than a few days without melting. The snowy weather outside means, of course, that the air gets very dry indoors.  The [...]

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First Thoughts Regarding Faber’s “My First Piano Adventure”

By joy (admin) | Published: 9 January 2012

As big of a fan as I am of Nancy & Randall Faber’s materials for piano students, somehow I’ve never had a chance to try out their “My First Piano Adventure” books — until now.  After trying out this book with a new 5-year-old student last week, I am wondering why in the world didn’t [...]

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Studio Christmas Party Update – Food!

By joy (admin) | Published: 12 December 2011

My apologies for being MIA from the blog the last few weeks!  At the beginning of the semester, I put up posters around the music building of the university in my town for freelancing as a collaborative pianist.  A few music majors contacted me rather last minute to ask if I’d accompany them for their [...]

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Christmas Rhythm Learning Moments

By joy (admin) | Published: 28 November 2011

As I’m sure is currently the case with many of you, my students are working on Christmas pieces along with their usual assignments.  As usual, a few of them have encountered rhythmic “simplifications” in their arrangements (Away in a Manger and Go Tell it on the Mountain come to mind).  After pointing it out the [...]

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Just Added: Musical Leaves Matchup game

By joy (admin) | Published: 10 November 2011

This is a short music game I created as a way to reinforce the names of the piano keys with young beginners.  It only takes a few minutes to play, but my students seemed to enjoy it.  It gives them a break from the usual drill I do, where I have them find 3 different [...]

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2011 OhioMTA Conference (5): The Anderson & Roe Piano Duo!

By joy (admin) | Published: 20 October 2011

The Anderson & Roe Piano Duo gave a performance and a masterclass at the 2011 OhioMTA Conference.  Greg and Liz, in addition to being marvelous performers, are such genuine, down-to-earth people.  They had great insight for the students who performed during the masterclass.  If you ever have the opportunity to hear them live, I highly [...]

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NCKP 2011 | (10) The Unknown Horowitz, by Sherrill Martin

By joy (admin) | Published: 10 August 2011

More conference notes!  This was a fascinating session about Horowitz.  During this session, we also had the privilege of hearing the World Premiere of a Ballade that Horowitz wrote, performed by Louis Nagel! The Unknown Horowitz: New Insights into the Man & his Music, by Sherrill Martin.  Th @ 3:30pm. Horowitz studied piano with his mother and [...]

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Just Updated: Scale & Arpeggio Fingering (2 Octaves) Reference Sheet

By joy (admin) | Published: 24 June 2011

Some of you may remember the Scale & Arpeggio Fingering reference sheet I posted in December of 2010. About a month ago, a friendly reader made some very helpful suggestions for improvement, and so I spent quite a bit of time revising the printable. It’s called “Scale and Arpeggio Fingering for Piano (2 Octaves)” and [...]

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